My RNZ colleague Koroi Hawkins and I were filing at night without power for my whole time there. We could charge our equipment during the day elsewhere, but it was followed by a rush in the dark to upload our material before our laptops and our phones went blank.

A fractured communications network meant sending even the smallest of files proved difficult and patchy.

What we filed had to be prioritised against how much battery power we had left. I hope what we got through helped you see and hear.